~ up the kingdom ~ 40_MAT_23_13  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. #, 46_1CO_15_24  Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. #,